Description
Product ID: | 9781800326552 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Warriors of Death |
Subtitle: | The Final Battles of Hitler’s Private Bodyguard, 1944-45 |
Authors: | Author: Charles Whiting |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Second World War, Second World War, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Military institutions, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Military life & institutions, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Obedience to the Führer. Obedience to the death.Hitler’s elite SS bodyguards prided themselves on doing whatever it took, even if death was the price. They called themselves the "old hares", and they left a trail of terror as they butchered their way across Europe. Of the 30,000 soldiers who signed up, only thirty would survive the war. Some perished in the abortive push on Normandy in 1944, directed by the Führer. Others suffered gruesome deaths at the hands of the Russians. In a chilling day-by-day account of the final year of this crack squad, bestseller Charles Whiting chronicles their bloody demise, which culminated in humiliation at the Battle of the Bulge. This is a gripping brutal history, taking us deep into one of the most terrifying and cult-like units of the Second World War. It shows just how far the Nazi’s were willing to go; and the great efforts needed to vanquish them. Obedience to the Führer. Obedience to the death.Hitler’s elite SS bodyguards prided themselves on doing whatever it took, even if death was the price. They called themselves the "old hares", and they left a trail of terror as they butchered their way across Europe. Of the 30,000 soldiers who signed up, only thirty would survive the war. Some perished in the abortive push on Normandy in 1944, directed by the Führer. Others suffered gruesome deaths at the hands of the Russians. In a chilling day-by-day account of the final year of this crack squad, bestseller Charles Whiting chronicles their bloody demise, which culminated in humiliation at the Battle of the Bulge. This is a gripping brutal history, taking us deep into one of the most terrifying and cult-like units of the Second World War. It shows just how far the Nazi’s were willing to go; and the great efforts needed to vanquish them. |
Imprint Name: | Canelo History |
Publisher Name: | Canelo |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-03-24 |